Microgaming’s Quickfire online gambling platform has sealed another content deal, this time with Novigroup Limited, which offers the games through its Novibet Isle of Man-licensed online casino. Novigroup’s Novibet is an online sportsbetting site which launched in May 2010 and offers players the chance to wager on world-wide sporting events. Through the deal with Quickfire, …
Land casino revenues soared again in China’s gambling enclave Macau, rising 13.5 percent in May from a year earlier, boosted by an improving Chinese domestic economy and a week of national holidays that spurred visits from wealthy Chinese. The Reuters news agency reports that official figures show that May revenue was 29.6 billion patacas (US$3.7 …
Six months after being appointed as chief executive officer of the major Aussie betting group Tatts, Robbie Cooke (46) has his eye on expanding the internet operations of the company, reports the Courier-Mail newspaper. Cooke’s appreciation of the value that internet gambling can bring to the company’s activities is partly based on his previous management …
The current drive in India against corruption in cricket’s Indian Premier League has unearthed evidence that illegal bookies are diversifying their operational tactics beyond cell phone communications and personal collections, reports the Deccan Herald newspaper. Police investigations indicate that top bookies from India and Pakistan are using an authorised gambling website based in the Netherlands …
There was good news for UK retail and online gambling group Sportech plc Friday….an estimated GBP 80 million-worth of it. The company announced that the First Tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) has refused to give HM Revenue and Customs permission to appeal a decision made earlier this year in favour of Sportech. The issue centred on …
The Inspired Gaming group has snagged a major Italian virtual sports betting deal, signing up Gamenet to add to an Italian client list that includes SNAI, Sisal, Eurobet, Intralot, Cogetech and Lottomatica. Claudio Sforza, managing director of Gamenet, said: “Customers using our proprietary online platform are now able to bet on Inspired virtual events such …
It’s been two years since the independent i-gaming standards, testing and certification company eCOGRA was the subject of a management buy-out from the original 2003 founders, and the organisation has undoubtedly flourished. In a management update this week, Executive Director Tex Rees revealed that ten additional professional staff, predominantly in the fields of chartered accountancy, …
Speaking to the publication BizJHournals at the $400 million Horseshoe Baltimore ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment chief executive Gary Loveman digressed onto the subject of the evolving online gambling legalisation scene in Nevada. “We’re in this business [of] online gaming, both social gaming and online for-money gaming,” Loveman told BizJournals. “They are quite complementary to …
The European Union parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection discussed the regulation of online gambling Thursday, with European People’s Party (EPP) spokesperson Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP commenting: “Online gambling must be accompanied with strong means of consumer protection. Gambling is an economic activity of a special nature, where restrictions are needed for consumer protection, …
Online gambling games developer Sheriff Gaming and its parent Bubble Group have denied any wrong-doing following media reports of extensive Dutch police and Justice Department raids on premises and property that shut down seven online gambling operations. In a statement headed “Important statement in response to recent media attention” Thursday the company claimed: “Until now …
Big money jackpot firm Topjack Games has extended its global presence with a new Asian agreement with gaming and system software provider Market Dimension Limited. The Macao-based operator is the latest business to team up with guaranteed jackpot gaming innovators and software developers Topjack, and will now be able to offer its clients access to …
Online gambling software developer Microgaming has unveiled two new online slots for release in June 2013. Dr Watts Up is the eccentric scientist at the forefront of a crazy science-themed slot where players enter a whacky laboratory, lured in by the electrifying cash prizes available. The game has a wealth of features including scatter pays, …
Land and online gambling supplier Aristocrat Leisure Limited has posted H1-2013 results for the six months to March 31st, reporting revenues down 7.5 percent, but Management remains optimistic that full year results will be up to expectations. Group performance for the first half was ahead of the prior corresponding period, with a strong net profit …
Robinson & Associates, Inc., a service consulting firm to the global gaming industry, has reported on the importance of good internet reviews for the land gaming and well as online gambling operational sector. Chief executive officer Martin R. Baird says in a company statement on a special report published by his company Tuesday that a …
The California blitz on illegal internet cafe sweepstake-style gambling continued Tuesday when police armed with search warrants simultaneously raided two internet cafes in this small city, charging three employees and seizing evidence that included 60 computers. Visalia Police spokesman Sgt. Ozzie Dominguez said none of those actually gambling were arrested, mainly because police were more …
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has initiated a special investigation into B2B licencee Bubble Group BV, a subsidiary of Bubble Group Capital B.V. trading as Sheriff Gaming. Bubble Group BV is certified by the AGCC as a foreign gambling associate certificate holder offering gambling services on a B2B level. The commission said it noted …
The Stanleybet Group has served a formal deed of warning and demand, otherwise described as an extrajudicial declaration, to the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Education, Religion, Culture and Sports, the Hellenic Gaming Commission, OPAP S.A. and the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund. Giving notice to the Greek Prime Minister, Court of Auditors and …
BetVictor has confirmed a GBP 4.5 million (Euro 5.3 million) jackpot hit on Net Entertainment’s Mega Fortune slot over the past weekend . The player identified as 46-year-old Sandro, started with GBP 65 in his account which quickly turned into GBP 150; just 17 minutes later and his life had changed forever as he walked …
Brit bookie William Hill’s growing presence in the Nevada market, and its acquisition of Brandywine Bookmaking in 2011 has led to increasingly bitter rivalry from the Cantor Gaming group, which controls much of the sports betting activity in Nevada. Brandywine was founded five years ago by former Cantor exec Joe Asher, who currently heads Will …
Revenues may be up, but losses continued to mount at Montreal-based Amaya Gaming group, according to the company’s Q1-2013 results posted Tuesday. Amaya reported revenues for the quarter up a heady 496 percent to Cdn$38,053,247 (Q1-2012: Cdn$6.384,037) but a loss of Cdn$7,440,841 (Q1-2012: Cdn$532,402). EBITDA came in at Cdn$10,264,017 (Q1-2012: – Cdn$532,402). General and administrative …
This week’s International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking in Las Vegas produced some interesting insights and opinion on the internet gambling issue as industry experts and lobbyists discussed why federal legalisation has so far failed to gain traction. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that one lobbyist blamed the lack of progress on industry ambivalence …
Starting this weekend, Singapore punters at the nation’s land casinos face new government-imposed restrictions on the number of times they can play during the month…and that could drive them to illegal online gambling venues, claim problem gambler bodies. The publication AsiaOne reports that the number of visits a Singapore patron can make to local land …
A lucky Stan James online casino player hit the Major Millions progressive jackpot at StanJames.com over the weekend, taking home GBP 413 490 on a small stake of GBP 3. An impressive return on investment in anyone’s terms. The London-based player identified only as Cliff was elated after his big win in the early hours …
One of the two contenders in the running to win the right to offer tote betting on horse races in Greece comprises a consortium of French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) and South African tote firm Phumelela Gaming & Leisure. The board of directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund announced last week the …